BACK IN THE DAY Archives

Cute Cub Alert!

In 1972, legendary photographer and Grandfather Mountain proprietor Hugh Morton took this 10-week-old bear cub on a trip across North Carolina.

Legendary Raleigh librarian Mollie Huston Lee dedicated her life to creating a community where all people could congregate, and minds could flourish.

Gaddy’s Goose Pond drew thousands of Canada geese — and people from around the world — to Ansonville.

How a legendary NASCAR driver landed a presidential pardon.

The legendary wrestler once billed as the "Eighth Wonder of the World" made his home on a ranch in the small town of Ellerbe.

How a Fortune 500 company rose from humble beginnings in Burlington.

Gov. Bob Scott once vowed that he "shall not be thwarted in my appetite for opossum." Except one time, when he was.

The first woman to earn an engineering degree from NC State, Katharine Stinson rose to an amazing career as a flight engineer.

North Carolina Mutual was founded by a formerly enslaved man. By serving a community that had been ignored, it helped its hometown thrive.